’14 Northern Ohio Crop a “Total Loss”
by
Mark Ganchiff
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June 3, 2014
The story below from The News Herald in Ohio states that a federal program will pay Ohio growers $4 per vine to replace lost vines. Considering that wine grapes are usually grown about 600 to the acre, the government support is worth in the neighborhood of $2,400 per acre.
This amount of aide roughly pays for the replacement vines. The grape growers will be on the hook for the labor to plant the vines and get them up on the trellises. The article states that new vines will be producing in two years, but that estimate is probably a stretch. Therefore, the worst economic damage of the winter of 2014 is lost production, not only in Ohio, but across the upper Midwest.
See: Are Wine Grapes a Total Loss
Tags: Freeze damage grapes Ohio
Mark Ganchiff
Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines.
Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.
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